| \AZ-oth\ | noun
1. the universal remedy of Paracelsus.
2. mercury, regarded by alchemists as the assumed first principle of all metals. | | Quotes | As he had suspected, it was an azoth. He whistled on a small footlight he had noticed earlier, holding the azoth low enough to keep the driver from seeing it, should he look over his shoulder.
-- Gene Wolfe, Litany of the Long Sun, 2000 | | Origin | | Azoth is derived from the Arabic word az zā'ūq which meant quicksilver or mercury. | |
